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Kummayam

Ingredients for the kummayam flour

Urad dal - 1 cup

Raw rice - 1/4 cup

Yellow moongh dal - 1/4 cup

Method

Dry roast urad dal , rice and moongh dal separately till light brown, cool and dry grind to a fine powder. Sieve the flour and store it in a clean jar, your flour is ready to use.

Kummayam Flour

Other ingredients

Kummayam flour - 1/2 cup

Palm sugar - 1/4 cup

Jaggery - 1/4 cup

Water - 1 & 1/2 cup

Ghee - 8 tsp

Aadi Kummayam

Method

Add 3 tsps of ghee and fry the kummayam flour till nice aroma comes out, switch off  the flame and cool completely.

Dissolve palm sugar and jaggery in water and filter to remove impurities. Let it cool completely.

Once the roasted flour and jaggery syrup is cooled mix till no lumps. Now switch on the flame and keep stirring in low flame till mixture starts to thicken.

The mixture will thicken fast so keep stirring continuously otherwise there are chances of burning at the bottom.

Slowly add the remaining ghee in intervals till the mixture comes to a ball and ghee started to leave the mixture.

When you touch the mixture they should not stick to your fingers then that's the right consistency to switch off the stove.

Serve hot or warm!

Note:

a) Color of the dish depends upon the quality of the jaggery.

b) Sweetness can be adjusted according to your taste.

c) No need to add any flavoring to this dish.

d) Make sure when mixture the syrup and roasted flour they are cooled completely.

e) When serving you can mix a teaspoon of sesame oil for extra taste ( optional).

f) Mixture will thicken fast so keep stirring continuously in low flame.

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